The Knicks are for real? Plus: Aronimink gets nasty.

The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox.Good morning! If you can read this newsletter here, you can read it anywhere. Inside: 🗽 Knicks have a chance 🚦 Traffic jam at the PGA 🏇 Preakness minus Tempo New York, New York: The Knicks could actually do it this timeFor a non-Knicks fan with a normal level of interest in the NBA playoffs, it’s become a springtime ritual the past few years: Peer in on the New York team making a medium-to-deep run in the playoffs as every New Yorker in your life goes berserk. Witness not just Spike Lee but also Timothée Chalamet and various Jenners going wild courtside. Behold Ben Stiller tweeting all night about the Knicks. Be aware, for some reason, of a Knicks-Met Gala conflict. Be happy for the various former Villanova players who have all come together on this roster.Advertisement